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𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she/her)Jul 28, 2023

#GavinNewsom has real skin in the financial effects of the #SAGAFTRAstrike and #WGAstrike. The last writer's strike cost the state of #California $2 billion, and the budget already accounted for a $31 billion deficit due to changes in tech, another big Golden State industry.

If he does, I hope he'll ensure #AuditionPay is remunerated as specified in our existing contract.

https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-gavin-newsom-hollywood-strike-df976d34120393b7e1f8be14c874c871

#SAGAFTRAstrong #UnionStrong #StrongerTogether #HotStrikeSummer #HotLaborSummer

California Gov. Gavin Newsom offers to help negotiate Hollywood strike

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has offered to help negotiate an end to the strikes that have hobbled Hollywood. Writers have been on strike since May. Actors joined them earlier this month. Newsom's office confirmed Wednesday that Newsom has been in touch with people on all sides of the strikes. So far, actors, writers and studio executives have shown no formal interest in bringing Newsom to the table. The movie and television industry is a big part of California's economy. The previous writers strike that began in 2007 cost the state's economy an estimated $2 billion.

AP News

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𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she/her)

What is #AuditionPay, you ask? Aren't auditions just opportunities or job interviews?

Here's what our current union contract says:

"If the performer is given employment in the picture, he shall not be entitled to compensation for auditions or tests... if the performer is not given employment in the picture, the performer shall receive 1/2 day of pay."

If we were paid to audition as we should be, there would be middle-class actors.

#AuditionsAreWork #ActorLife #ActorsStrike #UnionStrong

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SouprMatt Oct 13, 2023

@giamora At one of my earliest opera auditions, members of the costume department were there to get our measurements before we even sang. I thought it was weird, but whatever. Later on, when I got hired by another opera company, I got called for a measurement and costume fitting… and got paid for them! The memory of that early audition came rushing back… what penny-pinching!

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𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she/her)Oct 13, 2023

@mls14

Oh, the stories like this. One time doing a play in DC, our tech rehearsal ran late -- so late that the trains stopped running. The company refused to pay for cabs home for people. But they did fly a tailor in from London to fit the men's costumes. Tell me -- how does that make sense, budget-wise? You have to travel, house, and feed another creative instead of handing 10 people $40 to get home. Insanity. Penny wise, pound foolish, and artist underappreciated! :)